Word: quirke
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Despite his number one seed, Nayar was the only Harvard entrant who did not receive a first-round bye. This quirk of the draw was not enough to slow down the Crimson sophomore, who raced past opponents from Franklin and Marshall and Army in straight games...
...traced to carmine red, and supplies were called in. So far, so good. But authorities have been checking other places for carmine red, knowing that it is a favorite coloring in candy, chewing gum, ice cream, cough syrups and drugs. Manufacturers like to use it because of a legal quirk: being a natural rather than a synthetic product, it does not have to be mentioned on labels...
...coined the word transsexual, and his new book, The Transsexual Phenomenon (Julian Press; $8.50), is already the standard reference on the problem. It is of prime importance, says Dr. Benjamin, to define what a transsexual is not. He is not a hermaphrodite, to whom a cruel quirk of nature has given some of the organs of both sexes. He is not a pseudohermaphrodite, with the organs of his own sex so unusually formed that they are mistaken for those of the other. He is not a homosexual in the accepted sense. He usually has a normal male physique, but feels...
...soloists, a chorus of nine and an orchestra of seven, Curlew River is a fragile work indeed, more tone poem than opera. Yet in a sedate, masquelike way, it has considerable melodic charm, and all its grace is underscored by the brilliant singing of Peter Pears and John Shirley-Quirk as the Madwoman and the Ferryman...
...winner? By a grisly quirk of fate, it was the late Rex Manchester, on the basis of points scored in the first two heats...